How to Pass a Programming Interview

Re:How to Pass a Programming Interview by yomly on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @03:14PM (#11248214)

What was their response to this? I think it's perfectly valid to state this, and may even throw the balance of the interviewer/interviewee dynamics but I can also see other people seeing this as obtuse. But pointing out a missing bracket (in a nonconstructive manner) on a whiteboard is pretty obtuse too...

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Re:How to Pass a Programming Interview by steven777400 on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @03:22PM (#11248283)

It was the last interview of the day, and I was tired and had already decided I was almost certainly going to decline any offer, if given. So, honestly, I probably said it with a little bit of an edge and that was inappropriate on me.

Nevertheless, the interviewer was gracious and replied, "Fair enough" and stopped nitpicking my brackets and semicolons.

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Re:How to Pass a Programming Interview by collyw on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @01:50PM (#11254881)

I got asked to find the intersection of two squares for a Django cosing job. I pointed out that it had absolutely nothing to do with Django (after getting a solution).

I was told they thought I might be difficult to work with.

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Re:How to Pass a Programming Interview by yomly on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @09:24AM (#11253099)

Nice! Worth doing these things even if to personally experience the boundaries of good/bad interview practice.

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